Improvement in wringers



L.BEcKER'.

wringer.

Patntedlune 29,1875.

No. l65,057.'

WITNESSES:

UNITED;

lMPRovEmENT EN WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,057, dated June 29, 1875; application liled May 25, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEANDER BECKER, of the city and county of York, and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Combined Washing Machine and Wringer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being'had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this speciication, in which- Figure l is a side elevation, with' parts broken away, of the wringer,as combined with the washer-frame, to control the pressure upon the rolls. Fig. 2 is a detail, showing the connection otA the vertical rod with the roller.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class ot' washing-machines in which the weight of the washer furnishes the pressure for the wringer-rolls; and it consists in the combination, with the body of the washer and the adjustable bearings of the wringer-roll, of a vertical rod attached at the top lto the said bearings, and at the bottom, by means of a strap and adjusting-nut, with a lever, which rests upon the ground at one end, and is pivoted to the frame at the other, by means of which arrangement the whole wei ght of the washer, or any part of the same, may be employed as a pressure upon the wringerroll. v

In the drawing, O represen ts a wringer, located above the trough opening into the washer, which said trough receives the dripwater from the wrin ger. The bearings of the bottom roll areA connected by a cross-piece, and to the latter is attached a vertical rod, I),

which is screw-threaded at its lower extremity, and passes through a strap, Q., upon a lever, R. Said lever rests at one end upon the ground, and serves, when screwed down by a nut, f, upon the vertical rod, to convert the weight of the machine into the pressure upon the wringer-roll, whereby the use of springs to serve the same purpose may be dispensed with. The elasticity ot' the lever R enables the operator, when screwing up the nutf, to employ any degree ot' adjustment that may be desired l'roin a few turns of the nut to produce a slight pressure to the employment of the entire weight ot' the washer, thus securing a ready adjustment without the use ot' springs, and one which is durable and always reliable.

I am aware ot' the fact that it is not new to employ the weight otl a tub to produce, in combination with the wringer, the requisite `pressure upon the rolls of the same, and I,

therefore, limit myself to any particular construction whereby any portion of the weight -of the washer may be employed that may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is rIhe combination, with t-he body ot` the washer and the bearings of the adjustable wringer-roll, of the vertical rod I), the strap Q, lever It, and adjustingnut f substantially as and for the purpose described.

LEANDER BECKER. ,'Witnesses:

J. H. BAER, M. J. SKINNER. 

